JACKSON, MI -- A man who police believe was trying to conceal a weapon from an officer suffered a gunshot wound to the leg when the weapon discharged in a party store in Jackson on Wednesday morning.

The incident happened after 10 a.m. when Jackson police responded to the Greenwood Food and Beverage, 212 W. Biddle St., for a report of trouble with a subject. Jackson Sgt. Kevin Hiller said Officer Dean Schuette arrived on the scene and saw a man reach into a vehicle, pull out a handgun and enter the store.

Schuette followed the
man into the market and shortly after a gunshot was heard. With witness
testimony and surveillance footage, Hiller said the man shoved the
handgun into his pants and the gun discharged, hitting his leg. He was taken to Allegiance Health, and his condition is not known. No other information was available about the man.

“It could have been worse,” Hiller said. “We can guess at this point, he saw the officer and tried to hide the gun.”

Police believe the man had an altercation with two others in the parking lot of the store and the man went into a vehicle to retrieve a handgun before entering the store.

Police closed Biddle Street between Greenwood Avenue and Jackson Street, and it was expected to remain closed until about 11:30 a.m.

Hiller
said a report is going to be filled out with pending charges. Charges
the man could face include carrying a concealed weapon, unlawful
discharge of a weapon or felonious assault if he pointed the weapon at
somebody.